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Commander Bly
(Clone Commander 5052)
Species/Make |
Cloned Human |
Height: |
1.83 Meters |
Homeworld: |
Kamino |
Affiliation: |
Old Republic, Empire |
Weapon(s) of Choice: |
DC-15 Blaster Rifle, DC-15S Blaster |
Commander Bly was one of the first generation of clone commanders to be trained by the ARC trooper Alpha. The ARC troopers were a specially bred type of clone, more independent and with less docility tampering than the standard trooper of the line. Alpha's training program emphasized independence and outside-the-manual thinking. A scar running across Bly's left eye distinguishes him slightly from his clone brethren. Also known as Clone Commander 5052, Bly was the leader of the Star Corps of clone troopers assigned to Jedi General Aayla Secura.
Though the clone commanders demonstrated greater creativity and individuality because of this program, Bly was nonetheless a product of an artificial upbringing, and his conditioning made him preternaturally loyal to Republic. During a mission to Honoghr, when the Jedi turncoat Quinlan Vos struck up a makeshift alliance with Aayla Secura to recover vital Separatist data from the poisoned planet, Bly had difficulty working with the traitorous Vos. He nonetheless followed Secura's orders to respect the truce, internalizing his misgivings and carrying out commands to the letter.
With Quinlan's help, Bly and Aayla recovered the Scientific Instrument
Package, but Vos demanded Secura hand it over to him. A fight ensued, and Bly shot Quinlan in the shoulder before the rogue Jedi could kill Aayla. However, Aayla blocked Bly's next shots, allowing Quin to escape. Though they recovered the Scientific Instrument
Package, Aayla felt the mission was a failure. Bly concluded that Aayla's connection to her former Master is the weakness in her
armor.... and perhaps his own flaw is that he is unable to comprehend such a connection, and can but follow his orders.
Following the Battle of Belderone, Commander Bly and General Secura were sent to capture
President Shu Mai on Felucia. Bly and Aayla staged an assault on the Nigkoe detention facility to rescue Jedi Barriss Offee and
Zonder, before moving on to their target. After taking out the facility's shield generator, Bly and the General reached Shu Mai's compound, only to find the
President had already left Felucia days before.
Bly and the 327th Star Corps served with Secura on tours that took them to New Holstice, Honoghr, Anzat and Saleucami. The constant reassignments occasionally wore on his sense of closure -- a trait peculiar to Bly and shared by Aayla. Bly preferred to complete missions that he started, but nonetheless obediently followed orders to ship off elsewhere when needed.
He served with Jedi General Aayla Secura on the exotic world of Felucia when he received Order 66. The executive command, originating from the Supreme Chancellor on Coruscant, identified Secura as a traitorous enemy of the state. Demonstrating his unerring loyalty to the Republic, Bly and his troopers raised their rifles and opened fire on their commanding officer, coldly killing the unsuspecting Jedi.
